Originally Posted by
ND Sol
That was already answered previously.
Maybe.
Originally Posted by
ND Sol
We know, but at what point? How about the question of whether he traveled with the C4 on the outbound?
He brought the C4 back with him from the war, stored it for a couple of weeks in his garage, then took it with him on the flight in question. Most likely he flew back from Afghanistan using a military contract flight, if not an actual military flight, and would not have been screened by the TSA. How he got from his flight termination point to his home is a good question, and may not have involved a commercial flight.
Originally Posted by
ND Sol
BTW, C4 is a heavy duty explosive, but it is very stable such that you can pretty much hit it, light it and throw it without an explosion occurring (unlike the liquid explosives that were purported to be the subject of the "liquid bomb plot").
Been there, done that. It burns pretty good, better than wax.
Several weeks earlier this individual was the subject of another EIR with TSA. The item he was carrying then contained parts that were designed specifically as a detonator.
Originally Posted by
chollie
The guy is Special Forces. If he maintains that the C4 (and smoke grenade) were in his bag from the time he left Afghanistan until the checkpoints
emphasis mine
Military hops do not use the TSA for screening. Sounds to me like he never went through a TSA checkpoint until he was found with the smoke grenade (initiator), and then again with the C4.
Special forces huh? Obviously not the brightest bulb in the pack.